The proliferation of information sources as a result of networked computers and other
interconnected devices has prompted significant changes in the amount, availability, and …

Science has traditionally been driven by curiosity and followed one goal: the pursuit of truth
and the advancement of knowledge. Recently, ethics, empathy, and equity, which we term …

Ernesto Calvo y Marcelo Escolar publican en el año 2005 el libro La nueva política de
partidos en Argentina. Crisis política, realineamientos partidarios y reforma electoral. El …

During the last two decades, evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have been applied to a wide
range of optimization and decision-making problems. Work on EAs for geographical …

Geographic information systems (GIS) first gained a prominent role in US political
redistricting following the 1990 Census. Yet, this new technology—combined with a series of …

Political redistricting is a process used to redraw political boundaries based on a number of
criteria that include population equality, minority representation, contiguity, and …

A successful political redistricting plan should be neutral by satisfying a number of
requirements, such as equal population, and contiguity as well as compactness. Modeling …

It has long been recognized that information technology (IT) can facilitate (or even permit)
forms of empirical analysis unimagined just a generation ago. However, political scientists …

Political redistricting problems are to divide a region into several districts with respect to
several redistricting criteria so that political representatives are elected. These problems are …

Considerations of the compactness and aesthetics of electoral districts have loomed large in
the litigation surrounding the last round of US redistricting. For a variety of reasons, we …